Why Postliberalism Failed

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

James was very delayed in uploading this discussion that breaks from our usual subject area and format, but he decided that it was still worth uploading. Mind you, the or

A Protestant Perspective with Joel Berry

Tom and James interview Joel Berry, Managing Editor of the Christian satire website Babylon Bee, about his experiences dealing with postliberalism and Christian Nationali

The Kids Are Not Alright (with Victoria Holmes)

Tom and James talk to Victoria Holmes, who works on her own video series on Catholicism and politics here on YouTube. She also works at the The Dispatch an a multimedia e

Josef Tiso, Slovakia, and Collaboration

James and Tom talk about Father Josef Tiso, who was dictator of Slovakia during the Second World War. During those years, Slovakia was a client state of the Third Reich,

Against Deneen

Tom flies solo this week in our (late) video because James is taking care of a newborn and starting classes at a new university. We will be back together to talk soon, bu

Yes, Franco Was a Fascist Monster

After edgy social media poaster Pinesap debated the virtues of Francisco Franco in a debate with Mehdi Hasan, Franco Appreciation Content resurfaced. When Tom and James r

Ante Pavelic and the Independent State of Croatia

After several requests, Tom and I decided to do an episode on the worst example of postliberal governance, the Independent State of Croatia, operated by Ante Pavelic and

Catching Up

We review some of the major developments since we wrapped recording our first season. We cover the election of noted postliberal JD Vance to the Vice Presidency, the like

Vichy

Thomas was eager to talk about Vichy after having completed the section on Vichy in our book. Vichy is important because of how its brief existence illustrated the inhuma

Dolfuss and Austrofascism with H. David Baer

Tom and James speak with Dr. H. David Baer (Texas Lutheran) about Englebert Dolfuss and the rise of Austrofascism of the 1930s and its influence on contemporary postliber

Is It In The Parishes? with Fr. Stephen Vrazel

We waited until after the election to upload this episode with friend of the podcast Fr. Stephen Vrazel. Fr. Vrazel gives us a sense of how much postliberalism is part of

What Weigel Gets Wrong

A recent episode of The Remnant featured its host, Jonah Goldberg, discussing contemporary political Catholicism with George Weigel. Weigel dismissed postliberalism and i

God's Swiss Army Knife

This episode is about Fr. Martin Rhonheimer, one of the most important living theologians on the subject of human dignity, the common good, and democracy--although his wo

Americanism

James talks about the misconceptions around the heresy of "Americanism" and how Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen repurposed the term to defend a form of Catholic Republica

The Social Contract with Paul DeHart

James interviews his friend Paul DeHart about his recent book The Social Contract in Ruins on U. of Missouri Press. Meanwhile, Tom saves his energy to make one comment du

Immigration with Daniel Di Martino

In this episode, we speak with Daniel Di Martino about historical and contemporary postliberal policies on immigration and how they, combined with arguments for tariffs,

Civil Rights with Dawn Eden Goldstein

In today's episode, we spend some time talking to Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein about American Jesuit priest Father Louis J. Twomey and his contributions to the Civil Rights Mo

Francisco Franco, Part 1 (with Bonus Technical Difficulties!)

Today, James and Tom talk about the rhetorical role the still critically dead Spanish authoritarian Francisco Franco plays in contemporary postliberal discourse. Then, To

Faith through Competition with Clara Piano

This week's episode features a flailing James and a locked in Thomas discussing the economics of religion with Ole Miss economics professor Clara Piano. She explains rece

What the Sigma? (Plínio Salgado and Brazilian Integralist Action)

In this week's episode, James talks about another example of a postliberal party that failed to secure a position within in government, the Brazilian Integralist Action P